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Image | 1905-1908Madrid-05-152 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
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Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Y diciendo esto se adelantó, y se puso en la mitad del camino por donde los frailes venían, |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 8 |
Subject |
8.3 Episode with friars of St. Benedict |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I LAMINAS |
Page Number | CAP. VIII. - 14. |
Image Dimension | 135 x 220 |
Page Dimension | 238 x 312 |
Commentary | "Saying, he advanced and posted himself in the middle of the road along which the friars were coming,".
Notice the composition of the scene following a diagonal (depth): Sancho on his donkey (left foreground), don Quixote on Rocinante in he middle of the road (center middle ground) and the friars followed by a carriage (right background). Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow with impressionist effects. |
Notes | 1 – Reproduction of the original sketch (Chinese ink and gouache white). Jiménez Aranda meant to paint a more-finished drawing after this sketch using natural sceneries and real models, but he died before completing the project.
2 - "Lo que avalora esencialmente á todas ellas, lo mismo bocetos que dibujos del natural, es el espíritu con que viven y expresan la acción de los personajes de la novela; espíritu que suele revelarse por modo más espontáneo y vivo en los bocetos, y de aquí que haya quien los prefiera á los dibujos del natural. Los bocetos encierran la concepción primera y feliz desarrollo de los variados asuntos..." (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLI). |